THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1911.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10297, 28 July 1911, Page 4

THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1911.

The prognostication of (this paper concerning the Governor's Speech, at the opening of Parliament has i been'''fulfilled. The deliverance was' one or the lamest and 'most impot- ; ent that have been framed .by Mindsitem in the whole history of oon®ti- : Itutional government in this country. His Excellency must have felt almost humiliated when he gave utterance to .such ia barren, platitudinous volume of nothingness. Stripped of its narrative of events, which dn itself'lacks the saving element of co-ordanaltion, there is absolutely nothing left in the Speech deserving of serious notice. The deliverance is remarkable for dits drnisisions, however. It is (significant that no mention whatever is made of the flotation of the five million loan.- Nor is there an expression of either graltitude or 'appreciation of the honour conferred upon New Zealand hy His Majesty the King in creatine: a Baronet and several Knights. There can he no excuse for the omisisiion of reference to these important subjects. And, as for the land quesItion, Ministers have not considered it worthy of even passing notice. The programme of legislation ' "tuned for the session reveals »-■■ Hing of a contentious character. Tbx hief .business will be to correct enwa of the past, which would have been avoided; had there ibeen. a Legislative Council worthy of the name, or aLower House which was not bound hand and foot (to a system of party despotism. It is interesting-to note that the Government has seized the proposal of Mr Massey for a scheme

of insurance again?* unemployment, and is making inquiries . into the subject. As no definite Dohemo has, however, been, propounded, the workers c£ the country will assess this new-found zeal for tiheir wielfare at its .correct value. The statsjmenita in the Speech concerning the satisfactory Mici'eaee in population and the progress of the settlement of Native lands would be amusing were it not vnat they are supremely grotesque. Altogether, Parliament will have its ingenuity taxed to keep itself warm until the Baronet arrives. Then the fun wall begin.